Baby Name Regrets?

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Registered: 01-16-2007
Baby Name Regrets?
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Sat, 03-31-2007 - 5:53pm
Do you wish you'd named your baby something different? Or do you have name regrets at all? I have seven children and my only regret is with my oldest: Kyra. I wish we'd spelled it Keira because people tend to pronounce it like it rhymes with Tyra (like Tyra Banks) instead of it's actual pronunciation which rhymes with ear. Actually I'm lying, I also wish I'd had more of a backbone and given Matthew a more unique name. Matt's the only one that has a "common" name. Our kids are: Kyra, Matthew, Tanner, Rhiannon, Garrick, Aubrey, & Jenna. So, Matt is much less trendy than the other names. So what (if any) name regrets do you have?









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Mon, 04-02-2007 - 7:53am

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Registered: 03-10-2005
Mon, 04-02-2007 - 3:03pm

Yes, I wish I would've named our second DD something different. I loved the name Mia, but my DH and I were both turned off by its rising popularity, so my DH suggested Amia. It turns out that Amia is a form of Amy and he just loved it. I was so-so about it. Near the end of my pregnancy I fell in love with the name Leila. I thought maybe it was just the hormones talking. When she was born we were surprised that she was actually a girl (we hadn't found out ahead of time, but I thought for sure she was a boy). In my surprise the only name I could remember was Amia. Why, oh why, didn't I pull out my baby name list? She would have been a perfect Leila. Of course, I still would have had to convince my DH and he really loved Amia, so maybe she would've ended up with that name anyway. At least that's what I like to tell myself.

So, I'm pregnant again and if it's a girl I wonder if I'll be able to use Leila. I feel like it's already been "taken" even though it hasn't. I would hate to name the new baby Leila and then spend the rest of my life wishing I had switched their names.

Mommy to Carina, Amia, and Everett

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